DREAMERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD REPORT IMAGES OF SNAKES. Myths and norms of a society help determine a symbol’s meaning. In our American culture, we have an almost universally negative reaction to snakes. Perhaps only herpetologists feel kindly toward this primordial creature! Today’s dreamer has her own guess as to a snake’s implication in her […]

FOR MANY YEARS I WORKED IN SCHOOLS with high percentages of English Language Learners — ELLs, as we called them. Most, but not all, spoke Spanish at home as their L1, or first language. So I took pains to brush up on the Spanish I’d begun learning in first grade at Louisa May Alcott Elementary […]

DREAMS ABOUT CARS ARE PERVASIVE IN OUR SOCIETY. Such dreams have the potential for meaning on several levels. Today’s dreamer brings an opportunity to explore the possibilities.

AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WAKEFULNESS, I have succumbed to the Dark Triad. And what are you going to do about it? Scatter! Be gone! You early birds. You sound sleepers. You refreshed ones all in your places with bright shiny faces. Boo! And here’s the deal: I am not accountable for any unscrupulous or […]

FAMOUS PEOPLE MAY APPEAR in our dreams to highlight a way of thinking that we are entertaining. Today’s dreamer brings an iconic figure into her own dream as an illustration of her chosen path and reassurance that it’s right for her.

I THINK I MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE. I said I’d run a marathon this year and the prognosis is not good. Already. January 2, 2015 and I’m unsure of the outcome. No. Actually I am sure. I will not run a marathon this year. Or next year. Ever. I will never run a marathon. Whew. […]

DREAMS OF DEATH CAN BE UNSETTLING. The good news is that in the language of dreams, death represents letting go of the old self to make way for the new self — a necessary step in personal growth. Today’s dreamer offers an example.

LET’S BE REAL. FOR ONCE. It’s OK. Go ahead and let it out: We’re not keeping our New Year’s resolutions, are we? There now. Doesn’t that feel better?

IN THE 1985 FILM “BACK TO THE FUTURE,” Michael J. Fox plays a character who has the delightful and eye-opening opportunity to see the “past lives” of his parents and how they affected their current circumstances. In the 2014 film “Interstellar,” Matthew McConaughey’s character finds himself in a cosmic storehouse that seems to have past […]

FROM CBS NEWS AFFILIATE WIAT-TV, a report that Officer William Stacy was called to the local Dollar General store in Tarrant, Ala., on Saturday where a woman was caught trying to steal a dozen eggs. The officer recognized the woman because he had responded to a previous call to her house and had seen her difficult […]